Volume 2, No. 7

April 2013


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Comment Magazine - Volume 2, No. 7

03

Publisher's Letter

By Peter Stockland

Time and eternity ... read more
04

On the Table

Pushing and pulling to political extremes
05

Letter to the Editor

On faith and Gustav Mahler
06

Small Talk

By Raymond J. de Souza and David Johnston

Governor General David Johnston meets Convivium’s editor-in-chief in Rome to discuss faith, diplomacy and a new pope
08

The Conversation

By Don Hutchinson

The Evangelical Fellowship’s Don Hutchinson on speaking faith in the public square
12

My Friends the Papal Contenders

By John Zucchi

John Zucchi reflects on his personal friendships with two of the cardinals who might have become pope
15

Bullying Religious Freedom

By Albertos Polizogopoulos

Manitoba law professor Donn Short wants to “queer” Canadian schools to make them safe for gay pupils. Albertos Polizogopoulos considers the Charter implications for religious freedom
18

Batmessiah and Spider-Mensch

By Travis D. Smith

Travis Smith finds the two superheroes’ roots in Jerusalem
26

Debunking Moral Skepticism

By Richard Bastien

If truth equals reality, then relativism is the wrong answer, Richard Bastien argues
30

The Job of Jones Avenue

By Randy Boyagoda

Fiction from Randy Boyagoda
35

Euthanizing Conscience

By Nicholas Newman

A classic essay by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel aids Dr. Nicholas Newman to frame Quebec’s plan to kill hospital patients
38

Catechism and Cultural Ruin

By Ryan Topping

An excerpt from Ryan Topping’s new book, Rebuilding Catholic Culture: How the Catechism Can Shape Our Common Life
40

Mission and the New Evangelization

By Jason Zuidema

Jason Zuidema’s continuing study of Canada’s religious orders
43

Sea to Sea from Across the Sea

By Raymond J. de Souza

Father Raymond J. de Souza reports from Rome on the election of Pope Francis ... read more


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This Issue

The mysterious shading of the finite and infinite, of time and timelessness, was a chiaroscuro thematic during the papal conclave that brought us Pope Francis, and it is in the April/May issue of Convivium as well.

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